Cultivator attachment.



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GULTIVATOR ATTACHMENT."

APPLICATION FILED NOV. z, 1906;

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WILLIE O. ALLBRITTON, OF CAIRO, GEORGIA.

CULTIVATOR ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 24, 1907.

Application filed November 2,1906- Serial No. 341,760-

To all .whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIE G. ALLBRITTON, a.citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Cairo, in the county of Grady, State of Georgia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CultivatorAttachments; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to fenders for attachment to cultivators orplows employed in cultivating corn, cotton, tobacco, and similar growingcrops, particularly when the plants are young and small; it being theoifice or function of the tender to ward off the clods, stones, largequantities of earth, and similar mattersfrom the plants, that wouldotherwise be thrown thereon.

The invention may be embodied in a fender consisting of an elongatedplate that may be adj ustably supported from either side of the plowbeam or stock at the side of the plow or cultivator or scraper blade,and between it and the row of plants.

I have contemplated the use of means of various forms for supporting thefender in proper position.

However the device shown in the annexed drawings,v

forming a part of this specification, embodies the invention and thesame will first be described with respect to its construction and modeof operation and then be pointed out in the subjoined claims.

Of the said drawings:Figure 1 is a side elevation I of the plow orcultivator equipped with my improved fender. Fig. 2 is a transversevertical section through the plow. Fig. 3 is a perspective view at abracket. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a second bracket.

Similar numerals of reference designate similar parts or features, asthe case may be, wherever they occur.

In the drawings, 10 designates the beam of a plow or cultivator havingthe shank 11 of the plow or cultivator blade 12 secured therein orthereto by two, or it may be more transverse bolts 13, extending throughthe shank and beam.

14 designates the fender-blade constituting a part of my invention whichconsists of a plate of suitable size and thickness, having the ends ofits lower edge, which runs upon the ground, beveled as at 15, so as toglance over roots, stones, and other like objects while it is in use. Asmerely indicating the form of a fender that may be suitable for ordinarypurposes, it may be stated that it may be eight inches high, fourteeninches long and a quarter of an inch in thickness.

To the upper side of the blade or fender 14 there is riveted thevertical part 17 of the intermediate angular the fender nearer to orfurther from the cultivator blade or scraper, 12. The vertical portion23 of the upper angular piece 21 is provided with an upper slot 24 andtwo lower slots 25, the latter being in the same horizontal plane forthe attachment of the said portion to the plow stock or beam, which maybe done by the two bolts 12, which secure the shank of the plow to thebeam. The upper bolt 13 is passed through the upper slot 24, while thelower bolt is passed through either of the lower slots, 25, dependingupon which side of the plow beam the fender is attached, it beingdesirable.

to throw the major part of the lender to the rear of the plow orcultivator or scraper blade and adjust it otherwise so that it may takeproper position on the ground. With the last mentioned facts in view itwill be ap parent that the precise adjusting means and method describedneed not be adhered to, but may be varied to meet different forms ofplow stocks or beams and other exigencies.

The manner of using the invention is apparent from the foregoingdescription. With the fender properly adjusted on either side of theplow stock it will run with its lower edge on the ground between andnear to the row of growing plants, warding off any damage thereto by theaction of the cultivator blade which operates to destroy the grass andweeds between 'the rows and to loosen the soil along, the said line.

It is obvious that various changes may be made in the form andarrangement of parts and features coming within the limits of mechanicalskill without departing from the general nature or spirit of theinvention.

What is claimed as the invention, is

The combination, with the beam and the fender, of an intermediateangular piece having slots in its horizontal

